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The Influence of Effortful Control and Teacher-Child Relationship on Children’s Social Development: Moderated Mediation Effect of Gender

  • THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • 2021, 34(2), pp.87-112
  • DOI : 10.35574/KJDP.2021.6.34.2.87
  • Publisher : The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
  • Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science
  • Received : April 15, 2021
  • Accepted : May 24, 2021
  • Published : June 15, 2021

LEE JI YOUNG 1 SUNG, JIHYUN 1

1성균관대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to examine the moderated mediation effect of gender on the influence of effortful control and teacher-child relationships on children’s social development. The participants were 163 children (aged 4-5 years) and their teachers. Mediation, moderation, and moderated mediation models were analyzed using SPSS 21.0 and PROCESS macro 3.5 programs. First, the teacher-child relationship mediated the relationship between children’s effortful control and social development. Second, the gender moderated the effects of the children’s effortful control on the teacher-child relationship. Finally, the indirect effect of teacher-child relationships through children’s effortful control on social development was moderated by gender. The indirect effect was significant, especially in boys. This study provides information about ways to guide a child’s social development according to their gender.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.